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Beds daycase recovery

What is a daycase recovery bed

A daycase recovery bed is a short-stay recovery space used to monitor and care for patients following daycase procedures before discharge, typically within dedicated surgical or procedural recovery areas.


Capacity outputs

  • ADULT_MEDICAL_DAYCASE_RECOVERY_BEDS
  • ADULT_SURGICAL_DAYCASE_RECOVERY_BEDS
  • PAEDIATRIC_MEDICAL_DAYCASE_RECOVERY_BEDS
  • PAEDIATRIC_SURGICAL_DAYCASE_RECOVERY_BEDS

Conversion archetype

  • recovery occupancy — FRM_RECOVERY_OCCUPANCY

Operational constraint

  • Temporary occupancy with intra-day turnover

Activity classification logic

Daycase spells by medical/surgical treatment specialties. Specialist renal, endoscopy, and haematology/oncology daycase activity is excluded.

Subgroup Classification IDs
adult medical CLASS_DAYCASE, CLASS_AGE_ADULT, CLASS_MEDICAL
adult surgical CLASS_DAYCASE, CLASS_AGE_ADULT, CLASS_SURGICAL
paediatric medical CLASS_DAYCASE, CLASS_AGE_CHILD, CLASS_MEDICAL
paediatric surgical CLASS_DAYCASE, CLASS_AGE_CHILD, CLASS_SURGICAL

Workload derivation

Primary workload object: occupancy hours

\[\text{occupancy hours} = \text{daycase spells} \times \frac{\text{recovery time minutes}} {60}\]

Capacity conversion

\[\text{required daycase recovery beds} = \frac{\text{occupancy hours}} {\text{annual operational hours} \times \text{occupancy}}\]

Assumptions

Subgroup Assumption Category Assumption ID
adult medical recovery time workload DAYCASE_RECOVERY_ADULT_MEDICAL_TIME
adult medical occupancy operational DAYCASE_RECOVERY_ADULT_MEDICAL_OCC
adult surgical recovery time workload DAYCASE_RECOVERY_ADULT_SURGICAL_TIME
adult surgical occupancy operational DAYCASE_RECOVERY_ADULT_SURGICAL_OCC
paediatric medical recovery time workload DAYCASE_RECOVERY_PAEDIATRIC_MEDICAL_TIME
paediatric medical occupancy operational DAYCASE_RECOVERY_PAEDIATRIC_MEDICAL_OCC
paediatric surgical recovery time workload DAYCASE_RECOVERY_PAEDIATRIC_SURGICAL_TIME
paediatric surgical occupancy operational DAYCASE_RECOVERY_PAEDIATRIC_SURGICAL_OCC
all groups annual operational hours operational DAYCASE_RECOVERY_ANNUAL_OPERATIONAL_HOURS

Known issues / limitations

  • Exclusions must be applied consistently to avoid double-counting with renal, endoscopy and haematology/oncology daycase capacity domains.

Dependencies

  • Requires exclusion of specialist activity in renal, endoscopy, and haematology/oncology daycase capacity domains.

Future enhancements